Kansas City...nice place!!

[HL]

First of all it was great meeting Tilla (and his lovely wife) for the first time! Had a great time sitting along-side him during the game.
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The irony he will agree--is that although Jamaica lost, we saw the performance a bit different than what i read about on the football page.

But, Kansas city is a great place; clean, modern and developing.

I discovered that Kansas is known for it BBQ. Must admit...some of the best i have ever tasted!!

Spent Saturday getting to know the place. Bagged two States at one go adding to those visited in the US. (Kansas/Missouri).

Highly recommend it for those who want to visit. Would do it again.

At the airport now. Wish all airports was like this. Friendly workers. Checking in was very easy.

Thanks for your hospitality Tilla!!

[Jangle]

I went there some years ago and didn't like it. Too countrified for my taste.

[Don1]

I went there some years ago and didn't like it. Too countrified for my taste.

Been there too. Your description is too kind... backwater tings

[Assasin]

Where do you like other than NY that you live and Kingston where you grow up????

[Don1]

It depends.... Like for what purpose?

There are many backwaters that are noice

[Jangle]

I don't want to offend anyone. So the story goes.....I went to visit my brother-in-law who was stationed at the army base down there. The drive from the airport to the base was a long boring ride. There was nothing to see but cornfields on both sides of the road. The land was flat and it was very hot. This was in the early days of me coming here to live. On the drive in, all I thought about was tornadoes and the movie Children of the Corn. I stayed there for about a week and I remember being attacked by some big jumbo flies. One night I said to my brother-in-law, let us go to a club.

I dress up inna me club clothes (dem days deh me did a go a gym and me was nicely buff), thinking that I was gwine impress some a dem young country gals. So we drove into the "town" and came to a barn-like building. I thought he was stopping for something and that we would be on our way. We went in, I don't even remember if there was a cover charge. I was gobsmacked, this is the club???? I stood out like a sore thumb. The people looked every bit country as your imagination. But what really got me staring was how they were dancing. Back then, southern hip hop was just starting to get popular and it hadn't reached NY as yet. Everything was just too strange for me and I could not pick out not one girl who could pass.

There is an episode of Spongebob Squarepants, where him and Patrick fall off a cliff and land in some backwater, hillbilly town. To this day, everytime I see that episode being repeated I think of Kansas.

[Assasin]

You have to be open minded brethren. Same thing could be said of certain part of West Chester county. LOL

[Jangle]

Which part of Atlanta is West Chester county?

[Islandman]

DWL!

[Islandman]

Good old NYC. Can't get this entertainment in Kansas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=vMAZ6TQsjoQ

[Assasin]

Sorry sir, Westchester County NY. LOL

[HL]

I said Kansas City: Have your spent time there? An army base does not sound appealing.

Then there is the City or Overland Park: Have you ever been or spent time there?

Both places (from what I have seen) are progressive developing clean and places i would live and possibly do very well.

I like Kansas City!!

"That's all i have to say about that"
--Forrest Gump

[HL]

Been there too. Your description is too kind... backwater tings

1Don...where in KANSAS CITY did you go?

How long did you spend?

Thanks in advance:

[Tilla]

HL: It was a pleasure meeting you and your lovely wife as well. We had a great time and certainly enjoyed your company and the game.

[Tilla]

Jangle, while Kansas City is no New York City, it sounds as if you only flew into Kansas City, then traveled to the country. Yes outside of the city, you have vast areas of flat land, a lot of it under farming. You have to drive outside of the city though to see what you are describing.

Secondly, two army bases I know of that are supposed to be close to KC are Fort Leavenworth and Whitman Air-force Base. While they call them Kansas City, none are really in the city proper. You might be driving about a good 70 miles to get to any of those from Kansas City.

I think your brother was too lazy to take you anywhere and had you stuck in the remote part of the woods where he was located. Next time you are here, ask him to take you too West Port or to the Power and Light District,
Overland Park, Lenexa, Olathe etc.

Next time let your brother give you the Kansas City treatment and not usher you off to the rural areas. I am sure you could find life boring out there.

That said, as I was telling HL and Lulu, there are certain things I like about Kansas City and some I don't. I am not too keen on living in the madness they call New York City. I like Kansas City because it is big enough where I can have everything I can find in most of the major cities, the cost of living is low that one enjoy a fairly decent standard of living. They have good schools, museums, entertainment, professional sports teams etc, etc.

What I hate, it gets bitching cold when it is ready and we have severe heat during the summers. The time HL visited is the small window in which we have comfortable temperature.

Having lived in other large cities, I am quite comfortable in KC even with its shortcomings. One thing, don't say you know Kansas City, until you have really experienced Kansas City.

Get Introduced to a Whole New Kansas City!